Optimal Communication

Reinhard Blutner author Petra Hendriks editor Reinhard Blutner editor Helen de Hoop editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Centre for the Study of Language & Information

Published:16th Jun '06

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This volume explores how the effectiveness of communication is shaped by aspects of semantics and pragmatics such as compositionality, the roles of the speaker and hearer, and the acquisition of meaning. "Optimal Communication" surveys recent research in the fields of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and draws from optimality theory to argue that optimal meanings result from a compromise between competing constraints. "Optimal Communication" will be an invaluable resource for students in cognitive science, linguistics, and natural language semantics.

ISBN: 9781575865140

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 284g

300 pages